The Wilmington City Council held an Agenda Briefing meeting on February 3, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. in City Hall to review the agenda for the February 4, 2025 regular council meeting. Topics included consent agenda items, public hearings, ordinances, resolutions, and presentations on the Commercial Property Assessed Capital Expenditure (C-PACE) program and the City's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report. The meeting adjourned at 9:34 a.m.
We'll call the meeting to order. I'm going to do a roll call at this time. Mayor Pro Tem. Are you here? Here. Okay. Councilman Ravenberg. Councilmember Spears. I'm here. Okay. Councilmember Waddell. Councilmember Andrews. Here. Councilmember Joyner. Here. Chair's here. Okay. We'll start off. We have several presentations tomorrow night as you can see. First item business, consent agenda. C1 is approval of the minutes. C2 is a resolution authorizing a new lease for the fourth floor of 115 North Third Street. This was continued for my January 21st, 25 meeting. C three is a resolution awarding a citywide tree planting contract to Thorpe Landscapes of Wilmington LSE for the planting of 464 trees in the amount of 382,635 and suspending Richard J. Carlson LLC AKA Carlson's Landscaping from participating in future tree bids for 18 months. Okay. C4 is a resolution authorized city manager to apply for a 235,200 grant from the North Carolina Accessible Parks Grant Program to replace the outdoor playground at the Fit for Fund Center with an ADA accessible playground. C5 is a resolution authorizing the award of a professional engineering services contract to Kittleson and Associates, incorporating the amount of 500,000 for the development of a safe streets and roadways for all for all regional comprehensive safety action plan for the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. C6 is a resolution awarding the annual needs sidewalk maintenance contract for sidewalk rehab throughout the city to Jim Co. Construction Company Incorporated of Smithville, North Carolina, the amount of 1,052,710. C7 is a resolution approving change in delegation of permit authority for the EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Stormwater Permit. Public hearings. PH1 is an ordinance directing the housing inspector to vacate close and repair or demolish a dwelling at 333 Mercer Avenue is unfit for human habitation pursuant to Article 5, Chapter 16 of the City Code and directing that a notice be placed there on prohibiting its use or occupancy. PH2 is an ordinance also directing the housing inspector to repair or demolish a dwelling at 4040 Appleton Way is unfit for human habitation pursuant to Article 5, Chapter 16 of the City Code and directing that a notice be placed there on prehibiting its use or occupancy. PH3 is an ordinance granting a special use permit for a private recreation facility located at 4950 Holly Tree Road and 304 Westchester Road. Yes, sir. These these are a little bit different than what we're normally seeing or at the beginning of the meeting tomorrow night. Will there be some pretty good instructions as to how this is to the people coming before to testify? Will there be some pretty good instructions on that as well as for us? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. We'll we'll make sure to um to give you some. Uh I have sent out some information. I'll send you some more information and I'll make sure that the um that the mayor has a uh uh uh some information to read out to let them know why or who will be eligible to testify if you want. Okay, and will our staff be at that table to be able to answer um the questions as as yes sir, yes, sir. Staff will have presentation as well. Okay, thank you. But the only thing we're allowed to consider is what transpires in these chambers tomorrow night. Yes, sir. Um, you cannot consider anything that you've heard or received or any conversations that you've had about it outside of this meeting.